8.5 million UK renters (40 per cent) say they will never be able to afford their own home Aspiring first time buyers expect to be 34 before they can afford to get on the property ladder Third of prospective homebuyers (30 per cent) see the deposit as the biggest barrier to homeownership UK adults expect to spend eight years saving for a deposit The recent Help to Buy ISA news will be a blow for
Cape Town overtakes Bali to top Long Haul Holiday Report best value resort chart for the first time (www.postoffice.co.uk/longhaul)
Tokyo remains third cheapest but closes the gap on Cape Town and Bali
Local price cuts in 40 cent of resorts cushions the impact of the weaker pound
Mexico and Peru lead Latin-American charge as Cancun and Lima hit top 10
After three years at the top of the
Post Office ‘disappointed’ by call for industrial action but reassures customers that people working in 97 per cent of network not involved
Contingency plans are ready to minimise any disruption
Steady progress made in plans to ensure that Post Offices thrive for future generations
The Post Office today called on the CWU and Unite to work with it to continue in its modernisation plans to s
Post Office making steady progress in plans to ensure that Post Office branches thrive for future generations
Should industrial action take place itwill not involve over 97 per cent of Post Office’s over 11,600 branches
Post Office has contingency plans that will minimise disruption to services during industrial action
243 Unite members voted in favour of strike action
The Pos
Costa Rica leads a Latin-American charge as summer currency sales surge by 84 per cent
US puts on biggest growth among Post Office bestselling currencies top 10
Cities rated best-value in recent Post Office reports reap the benefit with a significant growth in sales of Hungarian forint and Polish zloty
As a new term marks the end of the school holidays and the start of the winter sun season
Polish capital is cheapest of 17 culture capitals
Top notch arts attractions are a deciding factor for half of city break holidaymakers
Performance and gallery prices are down in 7 cities including London and New York
New York remains most expensive – but prices have dropped 38 per cent
Culture vultures who want to save hundreds of pounds on the cost of a high brow city b
The increase in Post Office opening hours over the last four years is the equivalent of adding an extra 5,000 new branches, the Post Office has announced.
August seems to be the most popular month for people to purchase a new puppy, according to Post Office Pet Insurance data.*
Sales data shows that people are six per cent more likely to take out pet insurance on a new puppy in August than in an average month, indicating that people are getting their new dog over the summer holidays.
There is also a big difference between July and August, wit
Only half of CWU members voted in ballot for industrial action, 41 per cent of members voted in favour of strike action Any industrial action would not involve people working in over 97 per cent of Post Office’s over 11,600 branches Post Office has contingency plans to minimise disruption to services during industrial action Post Office must continue with its plans to ensure that Post Office bran
The Operating loss before subsidy more than halved from £57m to £24m
Commercial turnover remained stable up from £976m to £981m
Continued progress in the reduction of overall financial support required from government of £50m
Over 6,000 branches now transformed, offering 200,000 extra opening hours every week and over 3,800 open on Sundays
The Post Office today (2 August 2016) an
Washington DC is cheapest for a three-night break in US City Costs Barometer
Research into pre-election city break prices reveals Chicago costs hundreds more
Survey comes as Post Office reports a 20 per cent rise in demand for the US dollar and latest ONS figures show a 15 per cent increase in UK visits to North America
With three months of campaigning to go before the next US
Ballot for strike action will not involve people working in over 97 per cent of the Post Office’s 11,600 branches
No action has been called and Post Office has contingency plans place to minimise disruption to services if strike action takes place
Post Office wants the CWU to meet with it at ACAS instead of calling for strike action
The Post Office today said it was disappointed by the CWU
